26, The Cypris poem ("Just how could anyone...")

SAPPHO

(Lobel-Page 26 – Σαπφώ – English translation)


Just how could anyone not frequently sicken,

Cypris, my Lady, for whom one so deeply loves

And wishes above all to beck back, time and again?

What do you have in your


Many minds, tossing me aimlessly, striking

My longing-loosened knees [

blood] not [from⠀⠀⠀ ] [petition

] [if


] for you I'm willing [

] to suffer this [

see]. I myself

Know this


] those [

] [after

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